legislative work on bills related to national parklands and good samaritan laws. , a preview of president obama state of the union address. senior, ken walsh, white house correspondent for u.s. news & world report. utah.jason chaffetz of at 9:15, ♪ u.s. capitol. president obama will present his state of the union tonight at 9:00. can be part of the conversation on the phone, on

special guests at president obama's state of the union address tonight.nt lays out priorities to congress. a san francisco firefighters suing the department after e asiana airlines crash at s- why she says the departments ruining her reputation. plus, new details on how a san carlos man got the mates to build a "weapon of mass destruction." join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 good morning. it's tuesday, january 28 i'm michelle grie,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, late afternoon snow today. atlanta will see snow as well. mostly sunny in st. louis. partly sunny in denver and mostly cloudy with occasional rain in seattle. >>> and here's another look at this morning's top stories. the arctic blast is stretching to the deep south. new orleans could get up to 3 inches of snow and suffer through single-digit temperatures. nationwide, more than 2500 flights have been canceled. >>> when president obama delivers his state of the union speech tonight, he'll ask congress to pass his agenda,

president obama deliver the fifth state of the union of his time in office with a vow to take action on his own should congress stonewall progress on key issues. obama pledged to reform nsa surveillance programs and veto new sanctions on iran while there are germ nuclear deal is in effect. he also renewed his call for the closure of guantÁnamo bay prison. >> with the afghan war ending, this needs to be the year congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at guantÁnamo bay. because we counterterrorism not just through intelligence and military action, but by remaining true to our constitutional ideals and setting the example for the rest of the world. the sanctions we put in place helmet this opportunity possible. but let me be clear. if this congress sends me a new sanctions bill now that threatens to derail these talks, i will veto it. [applause] for the sake of our national security, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed. >> on the domestic front, president obama announced an executive order lifting the minimum wage for federal contra

president obama delivered his state of the union speech last night. be done to close the gap between the rich and the poor. he also warned congress he'll act with or without them. >>> and a winter storm has paralyzed the south. emergencies have been declared in six states, and the bitter cold is still gripping the midwest and northeast. >>> british lawmakers are criticizing queen elizabeth for not maintaining buckingham palace and at least three dozen other royal buildings. lucy mcdonald tells us the queen has been told to cut her spending. >> reporter: buckingham palace is one of the world's most prestigious addresses but behind the grand gate, the building is in urgent need of repair. the boilers are 60 years old. a government report says other royal residences are falling apart, too, because the queen's advisers are mismanaging money. >> at windsor castle, problems with the bedrooms. all too often they have buckets because of the water coming through. >> reporter: a leaky roof isn't what you'd expect from one of the world's richest woman, but the c

i loved it. >> what did you think of president obama's state of the union address last night?fferent af affects on different people. i just feel those effects affect everybody. you got to stay positive president not focus on the negative. >> what did you think of the president obama's state of the union address last night pop i thought it was powerful. i thought he laid out the same policies he's been laying out all along. >> did you notice that john boehner kept falling asleep? >> i did. it's not the best thing to see on national television. >> so you stayed up and watched the whole thing. >> not the whole thing. i was pretty tired. i caught the middle 20. >> what do you think of the weird tie that obama was wearing last night? >> i mean, i support the weird tie. that's what i do. i support kind of being, kind of getting different with the fashion. it's kind of weird. but i support it. >> for people who didn't see it, can you describe what it looked like? >> something i would wear to the bingo hall with my grandma to be funny. kind of like -- >> debetty boop? >> yeah, that's

nice daily take i'll tell you why that dinner was responsible for much of what president obama said last night state of the address. we are now more than five years of the obama presidency and despite the big legislative successes of his first year in office has for years have been very difficult for those for president republicans have done their best to sabotage and obstruct his every move and at times he has seemed all too willing to compromise with his opponents on the right according to pew research center poll numbers on the eve of last night's state of the union address show that the president had an approval rating of forty three percent just two points higher than his all time low forty one percent last november last night's state of the union was no doubt an important speech for obama he needed to both redefine his own agenda heading into the second year of his second term and at the same time as the effective head of his party give democrats campaigning in this year's midterm elections a message to run on so how did he succeed joining me now for more on this is shannon bellows democratic

president obama taking his state of the union address for a spin. and both sides agreeing to work off of the same page. >> we begin with the weather. an ice storm hitting the south hard. and we want to show you streets turned into parking lots in the middle of the storm. people rushing home or to pick up their kids were stuck for 14 hours. the national guard was called in to help out. and they are holding a news conference. >> we have not had any fatalities in the city of atlanta. we have had 71 automobile accidents, and our focus right now is to assist in any way to get our freeways cleared. so that we can start pulling people from cars, taking gasoline to cars that have run out of gas as a result of being on the road last night. >> also at this hour, georgia's governor talking about the children stuck in the school. >> at 6 p.m., we had about 25,000 children who were either on buses or in their schools. the various schools in the system. by 9:00 p.m., it was down to 5,000 p.m. that were either on buses or in schools, and this morning, there are no

. >>> looking ahead to president obama's state of the union address tomorrow, the white house says threell sum it up. opportunity, action, and optimism. but for the first time before a state of the union address, more americans disapprove of the president than approve. 50 to 46 according to a new abc/washington post poll. it's even worse in congress. 27% say they have confidence in democrats. just 19% in republicans. >>> and "saturday night live" not holding back when it comes to poking some fun at the tea party. >> utah senator mike lee will deliver the tea party response to president obama's state of the union address next week. it's expected to be the exact same text of obama's speech but delivered in this voice. >> and that's going to do it for your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> joining me from washington, washington post reporter david nakamura. always good to see you. good morning. >> hi, veronica. >> let's start with the state of the union tomorrow night. the washington post has been breaking down the president's talking points i've been reading. i know you've written a

. >>> president obama is expected to focus on narrowing the income gap during tonight's state of the union address. >>> and folks singer activist pete seeger passes away at the age of another. ♪ california you know >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, january 28th, >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, january 28th, 2014. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the weather and a forecast you don't hear very often. a winter weather system with bitter cold, ice, snow and high winds moving through the southern united states. the deep south will be plunged into a deep freeze. it's part of that same massive arctic front that's been smother the midwest and northeast. ko im is here in new york where the windchill is expected to make it feel like 2 degrees today. ko, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, much of the south is in a winter storm warn right now. the ice and snow expected to spread from texas to the carolinas. the entire state mississippi expected to see below freezing temperatur

wa ae >> president obama gives his state of the union address on tuesday hoping to jump start his second term. i want to work with congress whenever and wherever i can but what i am emphasizing to all my members of the cabinet, we will not wait. >> we will excuse the agenda, obamacare and more with white house senior advisor. then, republicans set their sites on retaking the senate this november. they hope to overcome the infighting plaguing the party. >> we don't need more class warfare or interference from washington. >> we will talk about the plan of the g.o.p. for 2014 with the top republican in the senate, mcconnell, a fox news sunday exclusive. >> plus, growing signs hillary clinton plans to run for president. our sunday panel handicaps her chances. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> hello again from fox news in washington, dc. president obama says 2014 must be a "year of action" for the country but that follows a year when the agenda went nowhere on capitol hill. here to preview the tuesday state of the union address is white house senior advisor dan pfeiffer. welcome back. we

kathy scalise will give the official response to president obama's state of the union and it will be first time a female republican makes that speech in 14 years. in washington, i'm danielle lee, nbc news. >> nbc bay area will have live coverage of the state of the union address. tuesday night starting at 6:00. >> a brain dead pregnant texas woman was removed from life support today. lawyers for the husband said life support was disconnected about 11:30 today. they had until 5:00 tomorrow to comply with the judge's order to remove her from life support. she was declared brain dead in november and her fetus was not viable, but because she was pregnant, the hospital tried to comply with texas law and refused to remove her from the ventilator. it sparked a national debate about the beginning and end of and whether a woman considered dead should be kept alive for the sake of a fetus. most of us would pay not to get the flu. >> not these folks. why they are voluntarily getting infected. . >>> a big turn out to honor a japanese american man who stood his ground against discrimination. it w

president obama gives his state of the union address tuesday hoping to jump-start his second term. >>> i want to work with congress whenever and wherever i can, but the one thing i'm emphasizing to all my cabinet members is we're not going to wait. >>> we'll discuss the president's agenda, obamacare and more with white house senior advisor dan pfeiffer. >>> then republicans set their sights on retaking the senate this november hoping to overcome the in-fighting that's plagued their party. >> we don't. need more class warfare and we don't need more interference from washington. >> we'll talk about the gop's plan for 2014 with a top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. it's a fox news sunday exclusive. >>> plus, growing signs hillary clinton plans to run for president. our sunday panel handicaps her chances. all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again from fox news in washington. president obama says 2014 must be a year of action for the country. but that follows a year when his agenda went nowhere on capitol hill. here to preview tuesday's state of the union address i

president obama is getting ready to deliver his state of the union address to congress and to millions watching at home. derek mcginty is anchoring our live coverage from capitol hill. hi. >> hey lesli, president obama did not have the best year in 2013 when it came to getting things done with congress. so many this year's state of the union address, the president is promising to go it alone. he says this will be a year of action. a year of executive actions without necessary congressional approval. for example, the president is going to announce an executive order that will raise the minimum wage to $10.10. he is also expected to announce executive actions on job training, retirement training, and help for the long-term unemployed. >> rather than sit and wait for congress to take action, we're going to go ahead and roll out on our own. i think as we have seen over the last several years now, congress sometimes is a little slow to action. we're not going to wait for that. we believe the american people are looking for concrete, realistic proposals to see the progress and opportunity fo

we are back with a preview of tonight's state of the union address. ♪ >> now onto the big story. president obamag his fifth state of the union address -- the economy, and, quality, unemployment. maybe even marijuana. here whitmore, we are joined by gary languor -- here with more is gary and al hunt, host of "political capitol." a lot ofg in with concern about where he stands right now. 46% job approval rating, a little better than his career worst a few months ago but worse than one year ago and it's not great. what do you do with that? the troops,r rally rally your 46% to storm the ramparts and get done the best he can for his side or does he try to conciliate and tried to build back to the majority support he had as recently as one year ago or tried to have the greater persuasive support? >> how important is tonight's speech? >> very. you have lots of social media, google, the like. you can manage more attention than any other speech. 46% is in the middle of the tennis for. 50% you can say to get it done with a little bit of fear. if you're down to 42%, you have to rally the base because that'

of the young speech.cged obama's state of the young speech.ed with president obama's state of the youngssue this year, does that not then bode well for the democrats?pee. if the economy is a major issue this year, does that not then bode well for the democrats?tat. if the economy is a major issue this year, does that not then bode well for the democrats? could the raising of the federal minimum wage not be the issue that gets folks out of bed in november? >> it could be. raising minimum wage is resolutely popular. you have three quarters of americans who support raising the minimum wage. sometimes over $10 an hour. it is not considered by most to be government spending. conservatives object because it is the government telling businesses what they have to pay people. but there is enormous amount of human sympathy for those out of work. and there is a very high unemployment rate. in mississippi, in georgia, north carolina, kentucky. so you bet a lot of members of congress and senators from those states will think very carefully about supporting minimum wage increase. >> and unemployment

that is ahead of president obama's state of the union address. we have some breaking news. has just spoken with carl icahn. i know that apple has been trading down today. did he use that as an opportunity? >> he sure did. he bought another $500 million worth of stock, bringing his stake up to more than $4 billion and buy some of my calculations, one of the largest shareholders in apple right now. there has been a lot of criticism about his plan. he has been outspoken. -- dinnerh dinner with tim cook and has pushed for this buyback. he would like to see $50 billion a year in a buyback plan. it is something that has come under criticism with a lot of people saying that is too much. there are better things to be doing with the money right now, including buying new companies, investing in people and in tech knowledge he. i asked him about it -- in technology. i asked him about it. he said that criticism is ridiculous. with the amount of money flowing with the cash towards, $50 billion should have no affect on the money available for new products. are in mind, new products incre

obama's state of the union address comes as he faces a rapid decline in public trust and recent polls show a third of the nation are pessimistic about the rest of obama's term in office and he was sort of this a national policy analyst moment the fall of one believes the that the president's address is i'm likely to change that basically what we had tonight it's a speech from the president which was a kind of hollow populism the rhetoric was there about wanting to help those who are in financial need but the programs and the proposals were basically absent this president has the least power that he's ever had since he was sworn in in january of two thousand and nine and one of the sad things is that wall street exercise the message our president the obama administration during the first term and now with much less leverage or capacity to push anything through congress he's speaking about how he wants to achieve so much for the working people of the country but in fact he has much less capacity to bring that about even if you were truly interested in accomplishing such things. lobbying

>> this week on "political capital", we preview president obama's state of the union address. more about conflicts in syria and iran. and the debate with chris christie. we begin the program with former senate majority leader tom daschle. thank you for being your. obama with relatively low ratings. what does he have to do to turn things around? >> he has to show energy. he has to show passion or the things he wants to do in the second term. there is a feeling of lethargy. he has had some setbacks. he needs to reading gauge and re-energize. and i think he will do that. >> the focus, we are told, will be on income inequality, which is very real. the critics say that it is derisive and that obama offers no solutions. >> whether he offer solutions or not, you cannot ignore it. there are too many studies about it. there's been a lot of attention internationally. i think it would be bad to ignore it. we have to adjust that. we have got conservatives and liberals talking about it. they have different ways of addressing it. but clearly, there is a universal recognition. >> could there

. >>> president obama is ready to go before the nation for the "state of the union" address with the help he is expected to promise for people looking for a job. >> keeping the super bowl super safe: the unprecedented measures underway to make sure football's big of the game goes on as planned. >> thanks for joining us on tuesday. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. mike nicco has the weather. >> we start with the bay. at 7:00 this morning, not as much fog but a lot of gray. it is mild. tons of gray at noon and 57. a few breaks like yesterday at 60 at 4:00. and mild this evening. inland, we have possibility of drizzle through 7:00 and a stray shower through noon and mostly clouds then and low-to-mid 60's and mild during the evening hours and mid-50's. at the coast, mostly gray with some drizzle possible. 61 at noon. a few breaks of sun at 4:00 and 58 and clouds thicken and hold us at 52. leyla gulen? >> we have 47 bart trains on train. ace train number one is to minutes later and ace train three is eight minutes late due to other trains on the tracks. as we look at what is happeni

state of the union. ♪ >> welcome back. with me now is tom davis. thank you for being with us. obamaith comparatively low ratings before the state of the union. what does he have to do to turn it around? >> he has to stand a positive note. he has to avoid divisive issues. half of the country likes him. have of the country does not like him at all. >> are there issues that will work for that? >> i think he can talk about the budget. i think he can talk about a lot of things. i don't think inequality works for him. i do not think it is a winner for the democrats. it is for the progressive group. but romney did a couple points better in some areas. people in wealthy suburbs are going to dissipate on them. >> what should be the tone of the republican response? >> it should be respectful. you should draw the line on where you're going to work with the president. call attention to the issues. foreign policy. obamacare, in terms of how is this is not working. that is the whole area of the campaign. talk about the budget. i think that is a republican unifying theme. >> how do you think the n

state of the union. what do you want to hear from president obama, okay?uld put a one-page memo together, what do you want to hear him say tonight? >> well, larry, i think the president needs to speak directly to the american people and to congress and tell us one simple thing, that he's going to continue to fight for american manufacturing, that we're going to incest in american workers, whether they're employed or not and that we're going to work together in congress with the executive to find solutions that will help grow the middle class. i expect we're going to hear a lot about income inequality tonight. i don't think it's enough to pound the table and denounce those who have done well in our stile and while important, i don't think it's sufficient to raise the minimum wage or extend unemployment. we need a pro-growth man, investing in infrastructure, strengthening the capex numbers -- >> how about energy? add energy to that. i love your message. bipartisan, pro-growth policies. i love your message. manufacturing would be great. why don't we throw in

>>> we've been talking about president obama's state of the union address. >> we can say with revieweddent that the state of our union is stronger. there is not so much to brag about when it comes to his poll numbers. >> a year ago soon after this re-election victory his ratings stood in the low to mid 50s. after the nsa and irs controversies the president's numbers tumbled. according to a new cnn poll of polls which averages the most recent surveys. his approval ratings stand at 53%. >> the president's approval rating has stood at or near all time lows at many surveys. he said that he doesn't obsess over polling. how does mr. obama compare to his most mediate two term presidents in the white house? >> george w. bush's numbers were also under water but bill clinton and ronald reagan's numbers were outstanding. fred? >> all right. thank you. so much. pa paulste paulsteinhouse paulsteinhouser. cnn will have the details live from washington at 7:00 on tuesday night. the annual state of the union speech is the president's chance to get a jump on things. they have a new plan. presidential h

president obama said this year will be "the year of action." during his statethe union address, he urged congress to raise the minimum wage and pass immigration reform. he said he would sidestep congress if necessary to reduce the wealth gap between the rich and poor. new information on that shooting on the tennessee state university campus in nashville. we know one man was shot in the leg. he was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. it is not clear if he was a student or not. so far there have been no arrested. >> now the investigation into the deadly mall shooting in olombia. police say darion aguilar spent a lot of time at the mall smoking in small groups. they are taking a close look at the gunman's journal. it is clear that he knew he was having mental health issues. what the journal does pot address is whether he knew the victims. a d.c. woman is sharing her terrifying story of being beaten and robbed in daylight. the victim said she felt like someone was following her and moments later a man grabbed her purse strap and threw her to th

poor is the short list of arguably every popular politician barack obama will have to address all the promises his made during his sixth state of the union address and as our season issachar from the from falls somethings a better left unsaid. looking to put the toughest year of his presidency behind hamburger rock obama will deliver his sixth state of the union address to congress and the american people here in washington on tuesday yet again joe mystic issues are expected to take center stage as the president tries to pivot away from the controversies that march twenty thirty and now as the past few years have shown promises made are not always promises kept nearly every proposal the problem the president made last year from gun control to a minimum wage hike to immigration reform they all fell short warded by an uncooperative congress in last year's speech the president called for legislation to address gun violence a year later those proposals remain highly stalled this locked down schools and public violence grow ever more familiar another broken promise climate change bill in its twenty time address obama called on co

president george bush to invade not only remains but experts say is more alarming than ever president obama's state of the union addresses do tell quite a story there's obama care wall street reform gun violence the wars in iraq and afghanistan economic inequality immigration reform the list goes on it's all there and gory details are permanent reminder of where the president secured victory and where he fell short reporting in washington for r.t.e. and lucy catherine. devise chairman of the bitcoin foundation has been arrested in the u.s. china sram wanted to kill because so the cryptocurrency has been charged with trying to one million dollars worth of bitcoins using alkaloid website and the silk road if he's facing such years behind bars while she's more important eyes following the story. u.s. federal prosecutors are accusing self-proclaimed bitcoin evangelist charlie shrem of selling one million dollars in bitcoin to users of the website silk road prosecutors say those same users then to use the digital currency to anonymously purchase drugs in the deep web black market the twenty four year ol

." >> we're about four hours away from president obama's fifth state of the union address. fox news will have coverage starting at 8:55 and the five of us will be live tweeting. we're going to tell you about that later. it's going to be a tough sell for the president tonight. the latest fox news poll says that 62% of americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. and a wall street journal poll says 68% think the u.s. has been stagnant or worse off since the president took office. so what can we expect to hear from the president tonight? ed henry knows a little bit about that and he joins us from the white house. give us the summary. >> well, dana, what's interesting, as you'll remember from your final year or two of the bush administration, dealing with the end of the administration, where we use that dreaded phrase, small ball, where there's not a lot of new ideas, not a lot of major initiatives. you're kind of running out the

obama will also call on congress to raise the minimum wage for everyone else. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >>> two women will deliver the republican response to the state of the union address. washington congresswoman cathy mcmorris roger also give the official rebuttal to president obama's speech. florida congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen will give the spanish version of the response. live coverage begins here on kpix 5 at 6:00 this evening and you can see it online at kpix.com. >>> it is 5:05. police in sunnyvale have arrested a registered sex offender who was hanging out at an elementary school. police say 42-year-old theodore walked on the grounds of a sunny view hebrew day school violating registration requirements. he dresses as a woman. school employees helped identify him and he was arrested just last thursday. >>> meanwhile in south san francisco police are searching for a flasher they say targeted a group of high school cheerleaders. the man walked into a high school naked. he is believed to be in his 40s, 5'10" with a pot-belly. he allegedly exposed himself to a group of high school cheerleaders while they were changing on january 13 and too

president obama will give his state of the union address two hours from now. the nation that polls show is increasingly divided and weary and wary of his policies and distrustful of his promises. "the wall street journal" today reporting that in the modern era of polling, only president george w. bush began his six-year mark in office with lower polls. congressman gerlach iso will be joining us here in just moments with what he expects to hear from the president and with him will be his special state of the union

>>> president obama delivers his state of the union address. his plan action to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor. >>> good morning. we want to take you out to golden gate park this morning. reports of a dog attack out there. one dog had to be shot and killed by police and they are out searching for another dog this morning. ktvu tara moriarty is out there at golden gate park to give us more details about what happened, when this attack happened and update on the search for another dog. it is wednesday, january 29th thank you for joining us. >> let's check weather and traffic for you. steve has stuff to tell you. >> lots of stuff. that is correct. we have a lot of fog out there. very mild. muggy conditions and drizzle. so just be advised. the main system is still well to the north. things are moistening up here. there will be right rain farther north. rain fall projections through friday are really hoe hum. so a couple 100s. 50 to near 60 degrees. concord is 58. napa is 55. it is really tropical like and warm. keep an eye to the nort

for more on president obama's state of the union address, we bring in manus cranny. >> i think when you listen to this state of the union, this is isresident who really rerunning some of the arguments he used when he was running against mitt romney in 2012. the potent theme of inequality. i think the tone was fairly defiant. raising the minimum wage up to $10.10 for some federal workers, not obviously across the board. who is a president reaching out in terms of partisanship, which is a new word on capitol hill. ironic. in regards to global trade, that is the mandate he really wanted to try to get a hold of. i think those lines about and equality are the deep-seated heart of what the democrats are about, going back to basics. a very defiant obama. no doubt about it. that is certainly the take by most of capitol hill. , thet's move on to the fed first policy decision of 2014. it is the last time ben bernanke will chair. we have new voters as well. more hawks. >> this is going to be an interesting challenge for janet yellen when she goes to sit with these guys and gals. bernanke had to de

up next here on c-span, a preview of president obama's state of the union address. that is followed by the discussion with federal reserve response to the 2008 financial crisis. remarks by hud secretary shaun donovan on reducing homelessness. >> on monday, state department that iranianfirmed nuclear talks would resume in mid-february in new york. here are some of her remarks from the briefing. check, there are reports out of iran that they want talks on a competitive agreement that are due to take place in new york at the end of february. i wonder if you could give confirmation. >> sure, it is our understanding that those talks will be in new york in mid-february with states still being confirmed on schedules. hopefully in the next days we will have more specifics. >> why the move to new york as opposed to the wonderful city of geneva? >> geneva is beautiful this time of year, but new york was agreed to by high representative ashton. it has a similar support infrastructure to geneva and we believe that the u.n. and international support is important for agreement. no

announcement marked a upon the of progress for the gay community. >> now we will broadcast president obama states then the republican response tomorrow beginning at 6:00 p.m. >> family hopes you can help find a missing university of san francisco student. bradley bennett family in kentucky not in contact with him since january 3rd exploratorium police say the 32-year-old wasless seen in fresno january 8. bennett is about 6 feet tall. weighs 175 pounds. detectives say he may appear to be homeless this warning coming from belmont police tonight but really applys to all of us in the bay area to be careful. remind you to be careful about your mail being stolen. alert comes after discarded mail began appearing around terrace drive, arbor avenue. detectives believe thieves take stuff from mailbox find things they want then dump the rest of the mail. postal officials say identity theft often starts when mail gets stolen. so that's a good reminder for all of us at our homes. >> ups driver caught on camera carelessly delivering a package. look at the home surveillance videoless week in concord. see the d

better life in his state of the union address he pledged to combat financial inequality lower taxes and once again to close guantanamo but as i see is this accounted for of course obama has a history of saying that not doing. a year of action that was the rallying cry from the u.s. president at the state of the union address here in washington but it does of course come at a time when action is anything but guaranteed it has been an incredibly difficult year for this administration obama is facing some of the low to lowest voter approval ratings of his presidency and a divided congress that has effectively blocked him at nearly every churn and so this year we saw president who seem to frankly acknowledge his limitations he wasn't able to get the gun control measures he called for last year the same goes for tax reform immigration climate change closing guantanamo i mean the list really does go on in fact according to some political scientists of forty one items that the president had asked for in a state of the union address only two he's been able to achieve so now obama did try to assert himself by vowing to sidestep congress on a number of issues for example using

announcement marked a upon the of progress for the gay community. >> now we will broadcast president obama state of the union address then the republican response tomorrow beginning at 6:00 p.m. >> family hopes you can help find a missing university of san francisco student. bradley bennett family in kentucky not in contact with him since january 3rd exploratorium police say the 32-year-old wasless seen in fresno january 8. bennett is about 6 feet tall. weighs 175 pounds. detectives say he may appear to be homeless this warning coming from belmont police tonight but really applys to all of us in the bay area to be careful. remind you to be careful about your mail being stolen. alert comes after discarded mail began appearing around terrace drive, arbor avenue. detectives believe thieves take stuff from mailbox find things they want then dump the rest of the mail. postal officials say identity theft often starts when mail gets stolen. so that's a good reminder for all of us at our homes. >> ups driver caught on camera carelessly delivering a package. look at the home surveillance videoless week i

tv ratings for president obama's state of the younion at the lowt since bill clinton's.tay tuned, "varney & company" is about to begin. >> the economy grew just over 3% at an annual rate of the last three months of the last year and that's in line with wall street estimates except consumer spending, that was as strong as it's been in three years and say it again, the economy is growing even after or maybe because of government spending is in a freefall. two news items out of washington for you this morning. first, president obama pushes for the two largest trade deals in u.s. history while a major roadblock, those obstructionists following president obama's state of the union address, this comes from senate majority leader harry reid saying he will not bring legislation to the floor that will give the president greater trading power. and remember, prime minister has been blaming republicans for being the party of no and now even democrats are making it more difficult for the white house again. next, the white house passed a farm bill with low cuts to food stamps. tuting

it's all because of barack obama. >> so the interesting thing is, will the democrats in those particular statesay away from president obama? i'm recalling kay hagan in north carolina who decided not to even go to the event when president obama was there a few weeks ago in her own home state. will that become the new strategy, the anti-obama democratic candidate? >> did you hear about that harry reid said did, the majority leader said he thought vulnerable candidates would be campaigning with president obama, they would be out doing it. he said that to cnn today. i think that highly unlikely. i think the president getting ready to go on a campaign swing to sell ideas he's going to put out in the state of the union speech tonight. i think you'll find vulnerable democratic candidates few and far between when he's out on the campaign trail. the reality is, this election is a referendum in a lot of ways on the obama presidency and particularly in the wake of the revelation of if you like it, you can keep it. the problems with his health law, once that in relief, people willing to take a chance on in

. >> president obama is preparing to deliver the "state of the union" address tonight. he is expected to mention the recovery of the economy and first time initiatives. the emergency is likely to be that the federal government can play a key role in increasing opportunities for members who have been left behind. he is expected to announce executive actions on job training, retirement security, and help for the long term unemployed in finding work. katie marzullo will have more in a report at the top of the hour. >>> san francisco mayor is one of several honored guests to be invited to sit with first lady tonight at the "state of the union" address after making several efforts to mobilize immigration reform and raise san francisco's minimum wage. a former nba senator made history last year when he bill the first active athlete on a major american sports team to come out as openly give. abc7 news will broadcast president obama's "state of the union" address and the republican response tonight beginning at 6:00 p.m. >> happening today, sfo will get to show off the brand ne

president obama's state of the union address from a joint session of congress.is scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, president obama is about to give us a status report on what george washington called the american experiment, an experiment now in its 238th year. since his last state of the union, the unemployment rate has fallen below 7% since the great recession. some of it because there are more jobs but also because some people have stopped looking for work and are no longer counted as unemployed. since the president's last state of the union speech, more americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. 61% up from 54% a year ago. and the president's job

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